Editing Golden State Warriors (section)

===1946–1962: Early years in Philadelphia===
[[File:Joe Fulks.jpeg|thumb|right|upright|150px|[[Joe Fulks]] was the league's first scoring champion.]]
The Warriors were founded in 1946 as the Philadelphia Warriors, a charter member of the [[Basketball Association of America]]. They were owned by [[Peter A. Tyrrell]], who also owned the [[Philadelphia Rockets]] of the [[American Hockey League]].<ref name="encyc29">{{Cite book|title=The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia |publisher=Villard Books |year=1994 |page=29 |isbn=0-679-43293-0}}</ref> Tyrrell hired [[Edward Gottlieb|Eddie Gottlieb]], a longtime basketball promoter in the Philadelphia area, as coach and general manager.<ref name="encyc33">{{Cite book|title=The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia |publisher=Villard Books |year=1994 |page=33 |isbn=0-679-43293-0}}</ref> The owners named the team after the [[Philadelphia Warriors (ABL)|Philadelphia Warriors]], an old basketball team who played in the [[American Basketball League (1925–55)|American Basketball League]] in 1925.<ref name="Golden">{{cite web|title=Behind The Name – Warriors|url=http://www.nba.com/warriors/news/behind_the_name.html|website=National Basketball Association|publisher=Golden State Warriors|access-date=May 15, 2016}}</ref>

Led by early scoring sensation [[Joe Fulks]], the team won the championship in the league's inaugural [[1946–47 BAA season|1946–47 season]] by defeating the [[Chicago Stags]], four games to one. The NBA, which was created by a [[History of NBA|1949 merger]], officially recognizes that as its own first championship.{{efn|name=inaugural}} Gottlieb bought the team in 1951.

The Warriors won its next championship in Philadelphia in the [[1955–56 NBA season|1955–56 season]], defeating the [[Fort Wayne Pistons]] four games to one. The Warrior stars of this era were future Hall of Famers [[Paul Arizin]], [[Tom Gola]] and [[Neil Johnston]].